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Scholarship available from the Italian Genealogical Group

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The Italian Genealogical Group is sponsoring a scholarship competition which is open to high school seniors throughout the United States.

Applications for the 2019 scholarship are available on the club website and must be postmarked no later than April 16, 2019.

Applicants need to meet the following criteria:

  • Must be a high school senior
  • Must have at least 25% Italian ancestry
  • Must obtain a recommendation letter from a current member of the Italian Genealogical Group
  • Must submit original family genealogical research and an essay

Winners will be notified by June 1, 2019.

To download the application, go to:  www.italiangen.org/scholarship 

 

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Two local genealogy groups to meet this weekend

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The Brentwood Genealogists will meet this Saturday, March 30, at 10 a.m. at the Brentwood Public Library.

This month’s topic will be “Mitochondrial DNA.” For more information, contact the library at 631-273-7883 ext. 131.

The Jewish Genealogy Society of Long Island will meet this Sunday, March 31, at the Y-JCC in Plainview.

This month’s topic will be “Prussian Polish Research” and the speaker will be Roger Lustig. Roger is the son of German Jews. His father began compiling vital records databases over 35 years ago. Working with GerSIG and JRI-Poland, Roger continues this effort. He has visited various European archives and has transcribed over 100,000 vital records. As GerSIG research coordinator, he supervises database and resource projects. His experiences with difficult data and old handwritten sources have assisted his work with Jewish records.

For more information, go to the club website at:  jgsl.org

 

 

 

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Learn about free genealogy tools for iPad/iPhone

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Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present  “Free Genealogy Tools for your iPad/iPhone” on Wednesday, March 27 at 2 p.m.

There are several new applications and a few old ones which can help you capture, reference, and share your family history on the go. Come find out how to use the latest and greatest tools for your preferred Apple mobile device.

To register for the webinar, go to:  https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4149632044694561025

 

 

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Free genealogy webinars focus on Native American research, historical context

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Several free webinars will be offered this week, covering the topics of Native American genealogy, one touch genealogy and using historical context in  your research.

The Wisconsin State Genealogy Society will present “Introduction to Native American Genealogical Research” on Tuesday, March 19 at 8 p.m. Many families have the oral history that an ancestor was Native American. How does a family researcher begin to discover if this is true? What federal, state and tribal records are available?

To register for the webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7626238334278423043

The Southern California Genealogical Society will present “One Touch Genealogy Research: How to Handle a Record Just Once” on Wednesday, March 20 at 9 p.m. Do you get so excited when you find a new record for an ancestor that you forget to collect the information you need?  Learn the “One Pass” approach to genealogy research and never get distracted again!

To register for the webinar go to, https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/305658031037367299

The Florida State Genealogical Society will present “The Everyday Life of Our Ancestors” on Thursday, March 21 at 8 p.m. Our ancestors led lives, just like us – only different. They ate and drank, married and had families, had trades and occupations, practiced a religion, participated in politics and economics, etc. This webinar will examine the various aspects of life and provide resources to discover the historical context and personal details of our ancestors’ lives.

To register for the webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/8853377974110509059

The Utah Genealogical Association will present “Conducting a Family Analysis Before Beginning Research” on Thursday, March 21 at 9 p.m.  Analyzing families before researching can give clues to things about the family that should be investigated further, possible incorrect information and ultimately save researcher time.  A good researcher will analyze a complete family before beginning research. In this webinar learn about the key questions that should be asked when analyzing a family, practice analyzing families from different places, and create a research plan from the analysis conducted.

To register for the webinar, go to:  https://ugagenealogy.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5v8MDQFdQRa-LUzq7OgV1Q?timezone_id=America%2FNew_York

 

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‘Finding Lost Family’ to be topic of local meeting

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The Patchogue Medford Public Library will present “Finding Lost Family” on Saturday, March 23 at 10 a.m. The lecture will be presented by Patricia Ann Kellner.

Patricia will discuss how she used traditional genealogy and DNA to find lost family. She will explain how to effectively search a variety of genealogy websites as well as how to use several online DNA tools.

For more information, call 631-654-4700.

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Irish record collections available for free on MyHeritage.com

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Another major genealogy website is offering Free access to its Irish record collections.

Until March 20, 2019, all MyHeritage users have access to it s Irish record collections in honor of St. Patrick’s Day.

To start searching for your Irish ancestors, go to: MyHeritage Irish Colllections

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Websites to help with your Irish genealogy research

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In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, here are some websites that may help you in researching your Irish ancestors.

Good luck!

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Ancestry.com offers free access to its Irish records

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To celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, Ancestry.com will be offering free access to all its Irish records from now until March 18 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time.

The website has more than 140 million Irish records. Search records in categories such as: church records, census records, birth, marriage and death records, emigration records, New York Emigrant Savings Bank collection and Ireland’s Griffith’s Valuation. There is also a collection of photos from 1870-1910.

While on the start page, by sure to dowload a free 8-page guide entitled “Finding Your Irish Ancestors.”

You need to set up a free username and password to see your search results.

To start your research, go to: Ancestry.com Irish Records

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Irish Family History Forum to meet this Saturday

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The Irish Family History Forum will meet this Saturday, March 16, at the Bethpage Public Library.

There will be a Tips and Tricks session at 10 a.m. with Kathleen McGee at 10 a.m. At 10:45 a.m. there will be an Ask the Experts session.

The featured program will begin at 11:15 a.m. This month the topic will be “City Directories: Finding Ancestors In Between the Federal Censuses” presented by Terry Koch-Bostic.

Member Terry Koch-Bostic, will discuss using city directories in genealogy research. Often ancestors seem to be missing from a particular census. City directories can help establish where your ancestors lived, worked, married, and went to church, as well as their surname variants. Learning how to fully use city directories as a resource may even help you to find vital records or their substitutes.

For more information, go to the club website at: www.ifhf.org

 

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Several free genealogy webinars available this week

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Several free genealogy webinars will be offered this week covering topics such as the Underground Railroad, Freedom of Information requests, and religious records.

The Illinois State Genealogical Society will present “The (Underground) Railroad Runs Through Here – Illinois” on Tuesday, March 12 at 9 p.m. Do you have ancestors that might have been involved in the Underground Railroad? How do you find records of those who were involved?

To register for the webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/4315351536373554690

Legacy Family Tree Webinars will present “Reclaim the Records: Using Freedom of Information Laws for Genealogy” on Wednesday, March 13 at 8 p.m. Tired of being told by archives, libraries, and government agencies that the genealogical records you want are “unavailable”? Reclaim the Records was too, so they figured out how to do something about it. Reclaim The Records is a new not-for-profit activist group of more than 5,300 genealogists, researchers, historians, and journalists. The group uses Freedom of Information laws to obtain copies of previously inaccessible archival record sets, which are then put online for free public use.

To register for the webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2260586405887362818

Thw Georgia Genealogy Society will present “Going to Church with the Master” on Thursday, March 14 at 8 p.m. In pre-Civil War churches, enslaved individuals worshipped in the gallery of the church and were recorded by the Church alongside their masters. Learn how to use this information to further your research.

To register for the webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/7941399048634673155

International Society of British Genealogy and Family History will present “Church Records in Wales” on Saturday, March 16 at 11 a.m.

To register for the webinar, go to: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6864554951914319105

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